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An Introduction to Scientific Computing

Twelve Computational Projects Solved with MATLAB

By: Ionut Danaila,Pascal Joly,Sidi Mahmoud Kaber,Marie Postel

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An Introduction to Scientific Computing

Twelve Computational Projects Solved with MATLAB

By: Ionut Danaila,Pascal Joly,Sidi Mahmoud Kaber,Marie Postel

This book demonstrates scientific computing by presenting twelve computational projects in several disciplines including Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Science, Computer Aided Design, Signal Processing and more. Each follows typical steps of scientific computing, from physical and mathematical description, to numerical formulation and programming and critical discussion of results. The text teaches practical methods not usually available in basic textbooks: numerical checking of accuracy, choice of boundary conditions, effective solving of linear systems, comparison to exact solutions and more. The final section of each project contains the solutions to proposed exercises and guides the reader in using the MATLAB scripts available online.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387491597

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Moralizing the Market

How Gaullist France Embraced the US Model of Securities Regulation

By: Yves-Marie Péréon

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Moralizing the Market

How Gaullist France Embraced the US Model of Securities Regulation

By: Yves-Marie Péréon

In the late 1960s, France attempted a complete overhaul of its financial regulations without being forced to do so by a stock market crash or the collapse of its banking system. Out of pure political expediency, Gaullist reformers seized the opportunity offered by a minor insider trading case to establish the "Commission des Opérations de Bourse (COB), an independent commission in charge of regulating the securities market. Even more surprisingly, these staunch defenders of national sovereignty drew their inspiration from an American model, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Rather than a comparative study of securities regulation in France and the United States, the book is an investigation of the dynamics of policy transfer in the field of securities regulation. Along the way, it reveals a great deal about French and American perceptions of morality and capitalism, but also, more generally, about the exercise of political power in modern democracies, the interaction between business and government, and the mechanisms of institutional innovation"--

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JHU Press

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1421424851

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Europe and the Islamic World

A History

By: John Victor Tolan,Gilles Veinstein,Henry Laurens,Jane Marie Todd

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Europe and the Islamic World

A History

By: John Victor Tolan,Gilles Veinstein,Henry Laurens,Jane Marie Todd

In this ... book, three .. historians bring tio life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis - the myriad groups and individuals whose stories reflect the common cultural and religious heritage of Europe and Islam. Since the seventh century, when the armies of Constantinople and the Medina fought for control of Syria and Palestine, there has been ongoing contact between the Muslim world and the West. This sweeping history recounts the wars and the crusades, the alliances and diplomacy, commerce and the slave trade, technology transfers, and the intellectual and artistic exchanges. [Readers] are given an ... introduction to key periods and events, including the Muslim conquests, the collapse of the Byzantine Empire, the commercial revolution of the medieval Mediterranean, the intellectual and cultural achievements of Muslim Spain, the crusades and Spanish reconquista, the rise of the Ottomans and their conquest of a third of Europe, European colonization and decolonization, and the challenges and promises of this entwined legacy today. ..."--Jacket.

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Princeton University Press

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0691147051

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French Women and the Empire

The Case of Indochina

By: Marie-Paule Ha

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French Women and the Empire

The Case of Indochina

By: Marie-Paule Ha

French Women and the Empire is the first book-length investigation of colonial gender politics in Third Republic France, using Indochina as a case study. Its departure point is the interrogation of the dramatic change in the French colonialist view of the empire as an exclusively male preserve where women feared to tread. At the turn of the century, a reverse discourse emerged in the metropole, forcefully arguing that colonial female emigration was essential to “true” colonisation. The study begins by analysing the highly complex web of interconnected factors underlying this radical transformation in the representation of the empire from being a “no woman's land” into a “woman's haven.” Then, drawing on a large body of hitherto little examined sources, the study continues by reconstructing the experiences and activities of French women in Indochina from the fin-de-siècle to the interwar era. The most significant finding from this study is that contrary to the image propagated by promotional literature of the colonial woman as essentially a bourgeois homemaker, the class and ethnic make-up of the French female population in the Asian colony was in fact remarkably heterogeneous, with a sizeable contingent of them, married or single, actively engaging in a variety of paid employment outside the home. By thus foregrounding the diversity and complexity of colonial female experiences, French Women and the Empire seeks to move the story of French women and the empire beyond the narrow confines of the imperial family romance to the wider arena of the colonial public sphere.

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OUP Oxford

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0191662739

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Saints

Becoming an Image of Christ Every Day of the Year

By: Dawn Marie Beutner

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Saints

Becoming an Image of Christ Every Day of the Year

By: Dawn Marie Beutner

Since Jesus told us to be perfect, and Vatican Council II emphasized a universal call to holiness for all Christians, how do we learn to do that? One great way is to learn from and pray with the saints of the Catholic Church. We can follow in the footsteps of the ordinary Catholic men and women who fought the good fight to be holy until the end of their lives – and won that fight. The saints have been the inspiration of faithful Catholics for hundreds of years because they show us what it looks like to follow Jesus Christ despite countless challenges and obstacles. This unique book contains short biographies of multiple saints for every day of the year, including an intercessory prayer to each saint. This helps the reader to learn about, and pray with, the numerous saints of the Church, "the communion of saints" whose personalities and challenges often resonate with our own. This collection also provides wonderful resource information to learn more about individual saints, inspiring quotes from saints, and detailed explanations of Catholic terms that often befuddle us. The saints in this collection come from every period in his- tory, countries, age ranges, and vocations. They show us that holiness truly is a path open to all who seek to follow Jesus Christ. By reading about the lives of the saints each day, we can learn how to apply their life lessons to our own daily challenges. By praying daily for their help, we can ask for their spiritual help and wisdom – and point ourselves toward Heaven, where we hope to spend eternity with God.

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Ignatius Press

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1642291153

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From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris

Gender, Economy, and Law

By: Janine Marie Lanza

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From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris

Gender, Economy, and Law

By: Janine Marie Lanza

Lanza shows that understanding widows dramatically alters our understanding of gender, not only in terms of how it was lived in this period but also how historians can use this idea as a category of analysis. Her study also engages the historiographical issue of business and entrepreneurship, particularly women's participation in the world of work; and explicitly examines the place of the law in the lived experience of the early modern period."--BOOK JACKET.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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0754656438

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La connaissance de l'Islam dans l'Occident médiéval

By: Marie-Thérèse d'Alverny,Charles Burnett

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La connaissance de l'Islam dans l'Occident médiéval

By: Marie-Thérèse d'Alverny,Charles Burnett

This volume, the second in the series of Marie-Thérèse d’Alverny’s selected articles to be published by Variorum, gathers the majority of her studies on the understanding of Islam in the West from the early Middle Ages until the mid-13th century; some related works will be included in a further selection. In the 12th century, as she shows, a serious effort was for the first time made to learn something of the reality behind the fabulous and scurrilous stories about Muhammad and Islam. A collection of translations from Arabic, including the Koran, was commissioned in 1140 by Peter the Venerable of Cluny, and d’Alverny found the manuscript in which his secretary wrote these out. This discovery led her to explore other translations into Latin of the Koran and other Islamic texts, to identify the work of the translators Hermann of Carinthia, Robert of Ketton and Mark of Toledo, and to depict the milieu in which this work was possible.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040250831

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9781040250839

Biology of Lactation

By: Jack Martinet,Louis-Marie Houdebine,Herbert-H Head

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Biology of Lactation

By: Jack Martinet,Louis-Marie Houdebine,Herbert-H Head

A presentation of the most fundamental features of the biology of the mammary gland, a unique model of an organ capable of an abundant synthesis of proteins: endocrinology of lactation, role of prolactin, genetics and protein synthesis, immunology and the mammary gland, nutrition and dairy products. Readership: students, teachers, researchers, health and agriculture professionals. Lactation Biology was first published in French in 1993. The English version is not merely a translation: it has been updated by the author.

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Editions Quae

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2738008615

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Abuse or Punishment?

Violence toward Children in Quebec Families, 1850-1969

By: Marie-Aimée Cliche

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Abuse or Punishment?

Violence toward Children in Quebec Families, 1850-1969

By: Marie-Aimée Cliche

At one time, the use of corporal punishment by parents in child-rearing was considered normal, but in the second half of the nineteenth century this begin to change, in Quebec as well as the rest of the Western world. It was during this period that the extent of ill-treatment inflicted on children—treatment once excused as good child-rearing practice—was discovered. This book analyzes both the advice provided to parents and the different forms of child abuse within families. Cliche derives her information from family magazines, reports and advice columns in newspapers, people’s life stories, the records of the Montreal Juvenile Court, and even comic strips. Two dates are given particular focus: 1920, with the trial of the parents of Aurore Gagnon, which sensitized the public to the phenomenon of “child martyrs;” and 1940, with the advent of the New Education movement, which was based on psychology rather than strict discipline and religious doctrine. There has always been child abuse. What has changed is society’s sensitivity to it. That is why defenders of children’s rights call for the repeal of Section 43 of the Canadian Criminal Code, which authorizes “reasonable” corporal punishment. Abuse or Punishment? considers not only the history of violence towards children in Quebec but the history of public perception of this violence and what it means for the rest of Canada.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1771120657

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9781771120654

The Medieval Broadcloth

Changing Trends in Fashions, Manufacturing and Consumption

By: Kathrine Vestergard Pedersen,Marie-Louise Nosch

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The Medieval Broadcloth

Changing Trends in Fashions, Manufacturing and Consumption

By: Kathrine Vestergard Pedersen,Marie-Louise Nosch

The eight papers presented here provide a useful introduction to medieval broadcloth, and an up-to-date synthesis of current research. The word broadcloth is nowadays used as an overall term for the woven textiles mass-produced and exported all over Europe. It was first produced in Flanders as a luxurious cloth from the 11th century and throughout the medieval period. Broadcloth is the English term, Laken in Flemish, Tuch in German, Drap in French, Klæde in the Scandinavian languages and Verka in Finish. As the concept of broadcloth has deriving from the written sources it cannot directly be identified in the archaeological textiles and therefore the topic of medieval broadcloth is very suitable as an interdisciplinary theme. The first chapter (John Munro) presents an introduction to the subject and takes the reader through the manufacturing and economic importance of the medieval broadcloth as a luxury item. Chapter two (Carsten Jahnke) describes trade in the Baltic Sea area, detailing production standards, shipping and prices. Chapters three, four and five (Heini Kirjavainen, Riina Rammo and Jerzy Maik) deal with archaeological textiles excavated in the Baltic, Finland and Poland. Chapters six and seven (Camilla Luise Dahl and Kathrine Vestergård Pedersen) concern the problems of combining the terminology from the written sources with archaeological textiles. The last chapter reports on an ongoing reconstruction project; at the open air museum in Eindhoven, Holland, Anton Reurink has tried to recreate a medieval broadcloth based on written and historical sources. During the last few years he has reconstructed the tool for preparing and spinning wool, and a group of spinners has produced a yarn of the right quality. He subsequently wove approximately 20 metres of cloth and conducted the first experiment with foot-fulling.

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Oxbow Books

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1782973702

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9781782973706

Women Mystics Confront the Modern World

Marie de l'Incarnation (1599-1672) and Madame Guyon (1648-1717)

By: Marie-Florine Bruneau

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Women Mystics Confront the Modern World

Marie de l'Incarnation (1599-1672) and Madame Guyon (1648-1717)

By: Marie-Florine Bruneau

Situates the female mystical tradition within the context of the epistemological shift which occurred at the dawn of the modern world.

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0791436616

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Journey Into the Heart of Bipolarity

An Artistic Point of View

By: Philippe Nuss,Marie Sellier,Jean-Paul Bath

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Journey Into the Heart of Bipolarity

An Artistic Point of View

By: Philippe Nuss,Marie Sellier,Jean-Paul Bath

This is both a book on art and a psychiatric manual and at the same time it is neither. It takes a radically different approach by setting out to describe subjective viewpoints: those of works of art, those of patients and those of the reader. The aim is to achieve an understanding of the psychological world of bipolar patients through a subtle interplay of connections between the subjectivity of those three protagonists. Subjectivity also prevailed in the authors' choices: which clinical aspects of bipolarity to present, and which works of art to select. So far from setting out to be exhaustive and definitive, the book proposes a number of openings. Doctors will view these openings differently depending on their own sensitivity and practice. But the book is not just for doctors; it is aimed at a wider readership. It is important for the general public to be aware that subjective movements in the psychological life of bipolar patients have their own specific identity, which is as much a subject worthy of attention as it is a source of suffering. Sensitive reading of this book will also guide bipolar patients and their families to a better understanding of the nature of the condition, and therefore to play a fuller part in the treatment offered to them.

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John Libbey Eurotext

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2742005781

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Making It Big

Why Developing Countries Need More Large Firms

By: Andrea Ciani,Marie Caitriona Hyland,Nona Karalashvili,Jennifer L. Keller,Trang Thu Tran

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Making It Big

Why Developing Countries Need More Large Firms

By: Andrea Ciani,Marie Caitriona Hyland,Nona Karalashvili,Jennifer L. Keller,Trang Thu Tran

Economic and social progress requires a diverse ecosystem of firms that play complementary roles. Making It Big: Why Developing Countries Need More Large Firms constitutes one of the most up-to-date assessments of how large firms are created in low- and middle-income countries and their role in development. It argues that large firms advance a range of development objectives in ways that other firms do not: large firms are more likely to innovate, export, and offer training and are more likely to adopt international standards of quality, among other contributions. Their particularities are closely associated with productivity advantages and translate into improved outcomes not only for their owners but also for their workers and for smaller enterprises in their value chains. The challenge for economic development, however, is that production does not reach economic scale in low- and middle-income countries. Why are large firms scarcer in developing countries? Drawing on a rare set of data from public and private sources, as well as proprietary data from the International Finance Corporation and case studies, this book shows that large firms are often born large—or with the attributes of largeness. In other words, what is distinct about them is often in place from day one of their operations. To fill the “missing top†? of the firm-size distribution with additional large firms, governments should support the creation of such firms by opening markets to greater competition. In low-income countries, this objective can be achieved through simple policy reorientation, such as breaking oligopolies, removing unnecessary restrictions to international trade and investment, and establishing strong rules to prevent the abuse of market power. Governments should also strive to ensure that private actors have the skills, technology, intelligence, infrastructure, and finance they need to create large ventures. Additionally, they should actively work to spread the benefits from production at scale across the largest possible number of market participants. This book seeks to bring frontier thinking and evidence on the role and origins of large firms to a wide range of readers, including academics, development practitioners and policy makers.

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World Bank Publications

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1464815585

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9781464815584

Private Money & Public Currencies

The 16th Century Challenge

By: Marie-Thérèse Boyer-Xambeu,Ghislain Deleplace,Lucien Gillard

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Private Money & Public Currencies

The 16th Century Challenge

By: Marie-Thérèse Boyer-Xambeu,Ghislain Deleplace,Lucien Gillard

An inquiry carried out by three economists (Boyer-Xambeu, Ghislain Deleplace, and Lucien Gillard) into the historical origins of modern monetary systems. These origins can be traced back to sixteenth- century Europe, where, for the first time, central money issued by princes and bank money issued by exchange bankers intersected. The result was a system that functioned on an international scale and covered all of western Europe. Translated from the French by Azizeh Azodi, with a foreword to the American edition by Charles P. Kindleberger. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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M.E. Sharpe

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1563245086

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Geography Unbound

French Geographic Science from Cassini to Humboldt

By: Anne Marie Claire Godlewska

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Geography Unbound

French Geographic Science from Cassini to Humboldt

By: Anne Marie Claire Godlewska

At the end of the eighteenth century, French geographers faced a crisis. Though they had previously been ranked among the most highly regarded scientists in Europe, they suddenly found themselves directionless and disrespected because they were unable to adapt their descriptive focus easily to the new emphasis on theory and explanation sweeping through other disciplines. Anne Godlewska examines this crisis, the often conservative reactions of geographers to it, and the work of researchers at the margins of the field who helped chart its future course. She tells her story partly through the lives and careers of individuals, from the deposed cabinet geographer Cassini IV to Volney, von Humboldt, and Letronne (innovators in human, physical, and historical geography), and partly through the institutions with which they were associated such as the Encyclopédie and the Jesuit and military colleges. Geography Unbound presents an insightful portrait of a crucial period in the development of modern geography, whose unstable disciplinary status is still very much an issue today.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226300536

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An Introduction to Scientific Computing

An Introduction to Scientific Computing

Moralizing the Market

Moralizing the Market

Europe and the Islamic World

Europe and the Islamic World

French Women and the Empire

French Women and the Empire

Saints

Saints

From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris

From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris

La connaissance de l'Islam dans l'Occident médiéval

La connaissance de l'Islam dans l'Occident médiéval

Biology of Lactation

Biology of Lactation

Abuse or Punishment?

Abuse or Punishment?

The Medieval Broadcloth

The Medieval Broadcloth

Women Mystics Confront the Modern World

Women Mystics Confront the Modern World

Journey Into the Heart of Bipolarity

Journey Into the Heart of Bipolarity

Making It Big

Making It Big

Private Money & Public Currencies

Private Money & Public Currencies

Geography Unbound

Geography Unbound

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